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Upper Extremity Surgery -
A RANDOMIZED TRIAL, ULTRASOUND VISUALIZATION VERSUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR THE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERSCALENE NERVE BLOCK IN UPPER EXTREMITY SURGERY (Investigator Initiated Protocol, Version #3)
(2_20061012_118)
| Doctor Information | Joseph Galassi, Jr, MD |
| Contact Information | Please discuss with your personal physician |
| Description | Patients will be randomized to receive one of two nerve localization techniques in a 1:1 randomization ratio. The randomization will be performed using a random generated table provided by the health studies. The patient assignments will be transferred into envelopes that will be opened at the time of enrollment and the assigned randomization group will be communicated to the anesthesiologist. Primary intraoperative providers of supplemental sedative, additional local anesthetic infiltration or analgesia, general anesthesia and assessors of VAS or PCI will be blinded to the technique. Participants will be recruited prior to their surgery. |
| Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria-including but may not be limited to:
o Male or Female
o Older than 18 years of age
o Patients presenting for elective upper extremity surgery
o Surgery planned in the supine position under isolated interscalene or axillary nerve block will be screened
o Must be able to understand English
o Must be able give written informed consent |
| Purpose | The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that ultrasound assisted peripheral nerve block is equally safe and effective as nerve block performed with guidance of traditional nerve stimulation for surgery of the upper extremity. |
| Category | Surgery |
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